General News
Quantum Grad Program set for Fall 2010
A new collaborative graduate program in quantum information will commence at the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo in Fall 2010, offering students an unprecedented breadth of study in the emerging field. For details see: http://www.iqc.ca/institute/news_fulltext.php?id=136
Perimeter Institute and Waterloo celebrate launch of PSI
See: http://newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca/news.php?id=5110.
GWPI member member shares in U.S. government grant
The Quantum Device Theory group led by IQC faculty member Dr. Frank Wilhelm will be sharing in a multi-institution grant to fund research into advanced materials for superconducting qubits (http://www.iqc.ca/institute/news_fulltext.php?id=129).
GWPI members Win Early Researcher Awards
Two GWPI members won Early Researcher Awards from the Government of Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI):
IQC faculty member Dr. Kevin Resch to continue his work on chirped-pulse interferometry (http://www.iqc.ca/institute/news_fulltext.php?id=126).
PI faculty member Dr. Jaume Gomis to support his work on new phases of matter and string theory (see: announcement)
GWPI Annual Poster Session Winners
GWPI's Annual Poster Session took place Monday, July 13, 2009 at the University of Guelph. Over 38 posters were entered. For a list of the five entrants and their winning posters See: poster.
GWPI member awarded Gribov Medal from the European Physical Society
PI faculty member Dr. Freddy Cachazo for his research with others that led to significant simplifications in the calculation of scattering amplitudes in both gauge theories and gravity ones (see: announcment)
GWPI MSc candidate wins Canadian Light Source Best Student Poster Competition
At the Annual Users' Meeting of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) held at Saskatoon SK last week (June 17th-18th), Kevin Miller entered the competition for the best student poster sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Synchrotron Radiation (CISR) and won the first prize ($500) with a poster titled "XAFS of Nickel Silicide Thin Films".
GWPI Researchers Receive Funding from CFI's New Initiatives Fund and Uof G becomes Full TRIUMF Member
Congratulations to Carl Svensson and Paul Garrett, who received more
than $4.2 million for the GRIFFIN (Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for
Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei) project at the TRIUMF national lab
for nuclear and particle physics in British Columbia. For more info:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2009/06/u_of_g_becomes.html
GWPI MSc & PhD graduates receive UW Faculty of Science Awards
Ostapchuk, David. C.M.
Dean of Science Award for creative research as presented in his MSc thesis 'Entanglement in Non-inertial Frames'
Teichroeb, Jonathan
W. B. Pearson Medal for creative research as presented in his PhD thesis 'Selected Experiments with Proteins at Solid-Liquid Interfaces'
GWPI PhD candidate awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Passante, Gina
University of Waterloo
Selected by NSERC for her research proposal 'Quantum discord and its effect on quantum computation'; see: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships website
GWPI member awarded CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal
Gingras, Michel
was selected as the recipient of the 2009 CAP/CDMMP Brockhouse Medal for Outstanding Experimental or Theoretical Contributions to Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. This award was formally presented June 9th in Moncton; see: announcement
GWPI member elected APS group vice-chair
Fuchs, Christopher
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
was recently elected Vice-Chair of the American Physical Society's Topical Group on Quantum Information; see: announcement
Two GWPI members elected APS Fellows
Forrest, James A.
University of Waterloo
Citation: For pioneering work in the dynamics of confined polymers and polymer surfaces.
Nominated by: Polymer Physics (DPOLY)
For more information, see UW Daily Bulletin
Poisson, Eric
University of Guelph
Citation: For important contributions to the theory of gravitational radiation from compact bodies orbiting black holes, to the theory of back-reaction of the emitted radiation on their motions, and to understanding the implications for gravitational-wave detection.
Nominated by: Gravitation (GGR)
For more information, see UofG Physics News
GWPI Distinguished Lecture
The next GWPI Distinguished Lecture will be in Fall 2010.
Click here for the full schedule of Distinguished Lecturers.
